EAF dust, generated by steel mills contains zinc. GSDK’s brand-new facility specializes in the reclamation of zinc and other metals from this dust. GSDK’s main product is Waelz Oxide also known as Crude Zinc Oxide (CZO). This product is transformed into zinc oxide, zinc sulfate or zinc metal by zinc smelters. Our plant also produces Waelz Iron Product (WIP), an Iron Concentrate.

The GSDK recycling facility – located in Jeolla Province – will process more than 110,000 tons of EAF dust annually.

GSDK is part of the Promax Group, a widely diversified industrial group owner of Zinc Nacional with over 30 years of experience in the recycling of EAF steel dust. Zinc Nacional, founded in 1952, is a privately owned company dedicated to the production of zinc compounds and recycled paperboard.

Zinc Nacional is the largest manufacturer of zinc oxide and zinc sulfate in the Americas. Its products can be found in a diverse range of industries in over 25 countries.

In addition to the production of zinc compounds, Zinc Nacional has also been at the forefront of recovering value from materials for over 60 years. With EAF dust processing centers in North America, Europe, and Asia, and solid relationships with the requisite environmental agencies, Zinc Nacional offers the best option for the recovery and recycling of steel mill residues.

Throughout its history, Zinc Nacional and SDR together, have processed over 5 million tons of EAF dust in North America alone. Over the course of 2014, Zinc Nacional and SDR recycled over 450,000 tons of EAF dust. As it stands now, Zinc Nacional has the third largest capacity for EAF dust processing in the world, and with construction scheduled for completion in 2016, worldwide capacity will reach 900,000 tons/year, making Zinc Nacional the world’s second largest EAF recycler.

The "Clean Industry" certificate of industry granted by the ministry of environment and natural resources

2006

Construction of Waelz Kiln no. 5

2009

Aquires SDR, a leader in Eaf Dust Recycling in the USA

2012

Construction of Waelz Kiln no. 6

2014

Joined forces with Çinkom, the leading steel dust recycling company in Turkey, to form Turkmex

2014

Entered into a Partnership with GSDK

Mission

We provide solutions to society by developing innovative and sustainable processes that recover the value of materials.

Vision

To be a global, diversified company valued by customers, suppliers and our community, with a focus on long-term growth.

Values

Quality

We are committed to continuous improvement and the satisfaction of customer requirements.

Responsibility

We perform the entrusted tasks and decide our actions by conviction; we are responsible for these actions, accepting the consequences thereof.

Discipline

We abide and comply with established rules; we work safely and are committed to punctuality, planning, order, and formality. We are prudent with decisions pertaining to the environment and our use of natural resources.

Simplicity

We are outspoken, humble, honest people and friendly towards our neighbors.

Fighting Spirit

We have the inner strength that drives us to meet challenges (passion) , and the courage (boldness) to do what it takes when faced with adversity (tenacity); we are proactive and optimistic.

Teamwork

We combine our skills, experience, ideas and knowledge with a positive attitude towards our coworkers in order to perform a task or activity efficiently.

Loyalty

We are committed to protect, above all, the interests of the company and those who work in it.

Versatility

We are willing to learn how to perform new or different activities to meet the needs of the company and the marketplace.

Ethics in GSDK

The key element in our engine to continue moving forward is the ethic, being a reference internally with our employees, clients, suppliers, investors, community and anyone that interacts with GSDK, inviting them to live our Code of Ethics and Conduct, being consistent with it in our day-to-day actions.

QualityPolicy

GSDK Ltd. is committed to providing products and services that meet the needs of our customers through the implementation of the Quality Management Systems which measures and controls the processes, helping to maintain continuous improvement in all activities.

Commitment to Quality

We make a high emphasis in the consistency of our products. We have a well–equipped laboratory that makes more than 50,000 element determinations every month. GSDK products will be part of the Grupo Promax product line which is currently sold in more than 20 countries worldwide.

Enviromental Policy

All who work in GSDK, together with shareholders, managers and supervisors, are committed to fight continuously and increasingly for environmental improvement in all our processes, in order to preserve the ecological balance and achieve a better life quality.

Environmental Responsibility

GSDK maintains a permanent commitment to the ecology, the environment and to sustainable development. This motivates us to constantly create, innovate, and implement clean processes and technologies.

GSDK is a world class, socially responsible company. Our standards, principles and values are based on human dignity, the common well, solidarity and subsidiary, social participation, life quality, human development, transparency, scientific and ethical development and certainly, environmental care.

Our principles and values of innovation lead to frequent reviews of production systems, resource consumption and distribution to adapt to sustainability. Our strategic plan is based on the forecast of the entire cycle of the company – not only from the extractive to productive phase and consumption, but also through the final disposal of the product and its return to another lifecycle of benefit to society.

We have a full-time department of environmental professionals, this in addition to hiring service specialists to audit and monitor our facilities for compliance to all standards and regulations set by the law.